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14 years ago

SOPC Simulation with ModelSim Altera vs. ModelSim PE

I have generated an SOPC system and would like to simulate using ModelSim PE rather than ModelSim Altera but am running into some issues (Note: I have both versions installed and they are both properly licensed...):

1. Under Tools -> Options -> HDL Simulator Option, I only See ModelSim Altera. What if I want to use ModelSim PE? Why is this option not available?

2. In Quartus I have selected ModelSim PE as my simulator under options -> EDA tool. I thought that this would have made the PE version available once I launch SOPC. However this is not the case.

3. If I open up ModelSim Altera and run a simulation for a SOPC-generated system, the setup_sim.do file executes fine. However, if I follow the same process with ModelSim PE, I get an error when executing setup_sim.do at line 39. Why does PE not understand this file?

Has anyone run into this issue before?

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    14 years ago

    Bump...

    I understand that generating custom scripts will work but, you would think that the SOPC builder simulation flow would work for more than just the Altera version of ModelSim.
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    14 years ago

    what is the specific error when you run setup_sim.do? and what's on line 39?

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    14 years ago

    do setup_sim.do# c:/altera/91/quartus//sopc_builder# c:/altera/91/quartus//bin/perl# Sopc_Builder Directory: c:/altera/91/quartus//sopc_builder # ** Error: list element in braces followed by ";" instead of space# Error in macro ./setup_sim.do line 38# list element in braces followed by ";" instead of space# while executing# "alias c "echo {Regenerating memory contents.# (This may take a moment)...}; restart -f; exec $sopc_perl/bin/perl -I $sopc/bin/perl_lib -I $sopc/bin $s..."

    --End printout from console...

    Now, if I run this script from the same directory from ModelSim Altera, there is no error:

    do setup_sim.do# c:/altera/91/quartus//sopc_builder# c:/altera/91/quartus//bin/perl# Sopc_Builder Directory: c:/altera/91/quartus//sopc_builder # @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ # @@ # @@ setup_sim.do # @@ # @@ Defined aliases: # @@ # @@ s -- Load all design (HDL) files. # @@ re-vlog/re-vcom and re-vsim the design. # @@ # @@ c -- Re-compile memory contents. # @@ Builds C- and assembly-language programs # @@ (and associated simulation data-files # @@ such as UART simulation strings) for # @@ refreshing memory contents. # @@ Does NOT re-generate hardware (HDL) files # @@ ONLY WORKS WITH LEGACY SDK (Not the Nios IDE) # @@ # @@ w -- Sets-up waveforms for this design # @@ Each SOPC-Builder component may have # @@ signals 'marked' for display during # @@ simulation. This command opens a wave- # @@ window containing all such signals. # @@ # @@ l -- Sets-up list waveforms for this design # @@ Each SOPC-Builder component may have # @@ signals 'marked' for listing during # @@ simulation. This command opens a list- # @@ window containing all such signals. # @@ # @@ h -- print this message # @@ # @@

    -- End console output--

    Also, I do not see ModelSim PE as an option under simulator option in SOPC builder
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    14 years ago

    I resolved the issue after in updating from 6.5 to 6.5c. Im really not sure what the difference was but, all of the testbenches and scripts run just fine now.